Deer Mountain Campground

I had gone there camping with my husband and my oldest son and my youngest it was in 2000 it was an amazing Campground if you want a nice rustic Campground this is way to go there are several hiking trails Wildlife it is amazing thank you for providing such an awesome Campground rustic rustic to the Core the way to go no amenities no electricity that's the way to go when you go camping you want to be one and one with the nature around you so you can hear it you can feel it and be one with nature

Nice, remote campground with no amenities, which I like. Just pit toilets and a spring by rte 3 by the entrance/behind the ranger's station. My only gripe is that the sites are pretty small, and very close together, and the drainage is a bit poor on the sites. We were there all week and mostly had the campground to ourselves so it wasn't much of an issue until Friday night when the place was filled! The rest of the week it was very quiet. It rained quite a bit, so even though we tried to select our site as best we could (we could see the path that the rain took, but we had limited options on where we could set up the tent), we ended up with a river flowing partly under our tent, but fortunately we had cots in the tent so even though the floor bled through a bit on one side, we still stayed dry; that probably wouldn't have been the case if we were sleeping on mats on the ground). The rangers were all very nice. Bridger was there for a few days covering and he recommended some hikes in the area, then Holly was there for a couple of days, and then Bob and Donna, who are the normal rangers for Deer Mountain for 5 days a week, returned and they were such nice people. They brought our firewood and our water jug to our campsite on Bob's golf cart so we didn't have to carry them and stopped by to chat when we were around. Rte 3 can be noisy, but like 4 cars go by all night so it's not that disruptive.

First experience here with my wife and we have to say that Bob and Donna are fantastic hosts. Very friendly and helpful with a family feel. They were amazing, checking in after the storms and rain. Beautiful rustic camping for tents. Fulfilled a nice peaceful getaway and this was great spot for the first try. Will definitely be back again! Other campers were very friendly as well. Very clean bathrooms and well stocked. Very well maintained sites as well P.s thank you guys for the lemon bread it was amazing 🤩

Want to relay some information for anyone in a similar situation & hopefully save someone else the headache. They DO gate the entrance in the off-season so you can't stay here in the off-season even with the understanding that it will be unstaffed & comfort stations closed, like some other NH state park campgrounds. No one answers the phone or returns messages so we had no way of knowing if it was gated due to the vague info on their site. As of 10/21/23, the gate was locked when we drove by. Thank goodness we'd found another campground (Lake Francis SP was open, same date). Wish they'd update their site & save campers the stress of knowing where they're going to stay after a 4 hour drive & setting up in the dark in the fall in the rain with kids & dogs. Especially being the closest campground to the Canada/US border (that we found, at least), this information would be especially helpful to be updated & current on their site.